The London-based billionaire Len Blavatnik has been funding scientific research as well as overall learning for years. Blavatnik who has made his billions by investing in the post-Soviet aluminum and energy companies has a current net worth of $15.7 billion. In addition, he is also the owner of various media properties such as the Warner Music Group.

Blavatnik and his wife Emily offer support to a number of arts and science foundations through the Provident Foundation. He also has an organization called the Blavatnik Family Foundation that has gifted $25 million to Carnegie Hall.

Most of the Blavatnik foundations are concentrated on providing intuitions with higher learning standards. In 2010, the Blavatnik industrialist gifted £75 million to start the Blavatnik School of Government, at the University of Oxford. He has also provided funding to Harvard and Yale in 2013.

In addition, Blavatnik assists scientific research at colleges and universities. In 2007, the Blavatnik Family Foundation started the Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists. An award handed out through the New York Academy of Sciences. These awards recognize innovative accomplishments in the sciences that influence life sciences, physical sciences, mathematics, and engineering. Researchers in universities like UC Berkeley, Yale, Harvard, and MIT support the awards.

Apart from these awards, Blavatnik funds a Tel Aviv University multi-year program, which focuses on interdisciplinary scientific research, discovery, and development. Most recently, the billionaire has supported the Yale University by gifting $10 million for innovation.

Len Blavatnik billionaire is the man at the top of Access Industries and is a world-renowned philanthropist.

Digital wallets offer a completely new take on paying for goods and services, and could soon become an ubiquitous part of life. These applications allow the secure transfer of money over a network, and through a mobile device. No more cards to carry, no more wallets to worry about. If you secure your device, your digital wallet will be available anywhere you can find a network connection. Here are three distinct benefits to adopting this new technology, if you’ve not already done so.

Security

Right now, you carry your wallet or purse, and your cell phone. Imagine if you could consolidate all of that so you need only a single device. That single device is secured by fingerprint, face imaging technology, passcode or any one of dozens of means. That access point is going to be far more secure than your wallet is today. Even if a thief attempts to steal your phone, you can still login to your wallet and change your password to secure your wallet’s contents.

Speed

Good bye long lines, hello mobile checkout that meets you where you are in the store. Imagine transferring money by just standing next to the cashier, who is already engaging with you regarding your purchase. This is already reality in major retail chains, and it’s sped up the checkout process like never before. Transactions take little more than a few taps and they are done.

Modern Novelty

What better way to say “I live in the future” than to interface your phone with an NFC terminal to transfer money from one account to another. Craft businesses will be able to accept cards, and businesses who offer digital wallets as a valid form of payment will see customers flock to their doors for a faster and more secure way to pay for the goods they are already buying.